Berry Plastics Group said it has elected Thomas Salmon as CEO effective Feb.3, succeeding Jonathan Rich, who previously announced his plans to retire. Rich will remain executive chairman of the board. Salmon joined the company in 2007 and has been president of the engineered materials unit and head of the rigid closed top division. He became president of the consumer packaging division in 2015.

Wipro said Monday morning it is partnering with PATH, a nonprofit organization focused on improving health care, to improve health outcomes in developing countries in Africa and Asia Pacific by collaborating on information and technology systems that accelerate progress on health innovations in low-resource environments. PATH and Wipro will co-create a platform for PATH’s global health programs that makes more effective and efficient use of data from internal and external […]

U.S. Treasuries extended gains late Friday as stocks stalled near the lows. The long bond led higher while the two-year continued to lag, weighed by spreads and next week’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting. Traders reported support in week- and month-end buying as well as safe-haven plays into the weekend in lightened volumes. The week ahead has some key event risks outside of the FOMC, including income, consumption and manufacturing […]

American depository receipts of Asian stocks were trading 0.45% higher at 151.21 on the Bank of New York Mellon Asia ADR Index on Thursday. In North Asia, the gainers were led by Korean steel company POSCO (PKX), which surged 9.4%, followed by China Digital TV Holding (STV), a provider of conditional access (CA) systems, which rose 3.7%. Telecommunications company China Unicom (CHU), and Japanese financial holding company Nomura (NMR), were […]

US markets all ended at record highs on Wednesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushing through the 20,000 milestone as positive corporate earnings and efforts by the new US administration to advance infrastructure spending rekindled the rally that drove stocks after the November election of Donald Trump. Boeing (BA) rose 4.2% in the Dow’s best gain after the aircraft maker beat fourth quarter earnings estimates. The financial sector led […]